13. So He gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out [of the man] and entered into the hogs; and the herd, numbering about 2,000, rushed headlong down the steep slope into the sea and were drowned in the sea.
14. The hog feeders ran away, and told [it] in the town and in the country. And [the people] came to see what it was that had taken place.
15. And they came to Jesus and looked intently and searchingly at the man who had been a demoniac, sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, [the same man] who had had the legion [of demons]; and they were seized with alarm and struck with fear.
16. And those who had seen it related in full what had happened to the man possessed by demons and to the hogs.
17. And they began to beg [Jesus] to leave their neighborhood.
18. And when He had stepped into the boat, the man who had been controlled by the unclean spirits kept begging Him that he might be with Him.
19. But Jesus refused to permit him, but said to him, Go home to your own [family and relatives and friends] and bring back word to them of how much the Lord has done for you, and [how He has] had sympathy for you and mercy on you.
20. And he departed and began to publicly proclaim in Decapolis [the region of the ten cities] how much Jesus had done for him, and all the people were astonished and marveled. [Matt. 4:25.]
21. And when Jesus had recrossed in the boat to the other side, a great throng gathered about Him, and He was at the lakeshore.
22. Then one of the rulers of the synagogue came up, Jairus by name; and seeing Him, he prostrated himself at His feet
23. And begged Him earnestly, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, so that she may be healed and live.
24. And Jesus went with him; and a great crowd kept following Him and pressed Him from all sides [so as almost to suffocate Him].
25. And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years,